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The New Toyota Venza: Coming Soon to TMMK and to a Showroom Near You.

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Team Member Spotlight

Georgetown Team Member Actively Participates in Blood Drives:
Father is her inspiration for giving blood

GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (August 4, 2008) —A casual conversation with her father prompted a TMMK Quality Control team leader to dedicate her life towards helping others. Lorrie Meacham estimates that she has given four gallons of blood through TMMK-sponsored blood drives that are held three times a year at the Georgetown facility.

Since arriving at TMMK in June 1988, Meacham has represented her Quality Control section in every blood drive the company has conducted, and even gave at additional blood drives in the community. The desire to give is spawned by her late father, retired Army SFC Richard Rider. Rider always told his daughter that he gave blood in the military to be an example for his troops.

News @ Toyota

Toyota to build Prius in U.S.
Highlander to Indiana; all Tundra to Texas

ERLANGER, KENTUCKY, (July 10, 2008) —Toyota is responding to changes in consumer demand and improving the production efficiency and stability of its North American operations by adjusting production mix at three plants. The changes include the addition of the Prius hybrid sedan to its North American lineup.

Prius will be built at a plant under construction in Blue Springs, Miss. Production is scheduled to begin in late 2010. Prius, which will join the Kentucky-built Camry Hybrid as the second Toyota hybrid built in North America, enables Toyota to better respond to increased consumer demand for hybrid vehicles.

The Highlander mid-size SUV, originally scheduled to be built in Mississippi, will now be manufactured in Princeton, Ind., beginning in Fall 2009.

News @ Toyota

Toyota Reports July Sales

TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, (August 1, 2008) —Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported July sales of 197,424 vehicles, a decrease of 18.7 percent from last July, on a daily selling rate basis.

The Toyota Division posted July sales of 175,242 units, a decrease of 17.9 percent from last July. The Lexus Division reported July sales of 22,182 units, a decrease of 24.6 percent from the year-ago month.

Passenger-car sales were led by Camry and Camry Hybrid, which posted combined sales of 42,131 units. Camry Hybrid reported July sales of 2,645 units. Corolla recorded sales of 34,438 units for the month, up seven percent over July 2007. With limited availability, the Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted July sales of 14,785 units. Yaris reported July sales of 8,620 units.